japonicus, Plotosus Yoshino [T.] & Kishimoto [H.] 2008:2, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 2; ref. 29565] Nabeta Cove, Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 19279. Paratypes: FRLM 0963 (1), 7088 (1); HUMZ 37361 (1), 39001 (1), 105936 (1); NSMT-P 72967-78 (1 ea.), 73078-79 (1, 1), 70534 (1), 5976 (128) (1); URM-P43444 (1); YCM-P 2240 (1), 14163 (1), 14683 (1), 16075 (1), 19482 (1), 25098 (1). Plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Shibata et al. 2011:12 [ref. 31469]. •Valid as Plotosus japonicus Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008 -- (Motomura et al. 2010:75 [ref. 31256], Shibata et al. 2011:12 [ref. 31469], Goren et al. 2020:[3] [ref. 37315], Kim et al. 2020:61 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:22 [ref. 37637], Wada et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Plotosus japonicus Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008. Plotosidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands to southern Korea and southern Japan. Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific on ref. 37315. Habitat: marine.